Garza v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

BURKE, J.

Petitioner seeks review of the appeals board’s decision upon reconsideration in which the board held, contrary to the finding of the referee, that petitioner did not sustain an industrial injury. We have concluded that, since the board’s decision lacks the support of substantial evidence, it cannot stand.

On the date of the alleged injury, January 5, 1969, petitioner was employed as a spray painter and was engaged in painting a DC-9 airplane. At the hearing before the referee petitioner testified that he injured his back while attempting to push into position a paint stand…